Chapter 6

Don't own Inuyasha

Kagome was back in Shinjuku Jidai now. She'd been here for a week now. It was hard to be the one who had to find all the jewel pieces. Every time there was a demon around Inuyasha went off again about how that demon looked like he was strong enough to have a jewel shard and his 'shard detector' must be broken. As if she were an object.

When she finally told him about a jewel shard moving away from them on their right he told her to hurry up so they could get to the shard before the demon got away. He had stopped giving her rides a long time ago. Back when he decided she was useless. But at least here she could tell them where the jewel shards were. At home she was nothing. There was nothing she could do there to help anyone.

Running to catch up to everyone else she felt bad again because she was supposed to be showing them were the demon was and she wasn't in very good shape. She wasn't used to running through forest yet. She finally just stopped and called out to the others. When she got their attention she continued. "The demon is in a clearing to the left of us about a half mile away. You go on ahead. I'm only slowing you down. I'll be right behind you guys."

"Right." Sango said while the rest just nodded except for Inuyasha who 'feh'ed.

When they got there Inuyasha couldn't keep the demon retrained and it went after Kagome who was less than a quarter mile away. When it started to attack Kagome Inuyasha stood watching. "Why won't you help her?" Yelled Sango. She was confused. Kagome had loved Inuyasha at one point in time and that all stopped…when Kagome started being attacked by 'demons' so often. She gasped. "It was you, wasn't it? Not demons."

"Shut up. I'm not helping her because this is the last jewel shard and after she's killed I can take the shard from the monster and make a wish and I don't have to worry about her purifying the jewel." Inuyasha said in a maniac's voice. He was so damn sure his plan would fall through that he didn't expect Miroku and Sango and Shipo to attack the monster. Of course they were all knocked out but he was surprised to see that someone actually cared about Kagome, even though he didn't. Everything had always gone his way, until now.

Just then another savior came out of the trees to save Kagome and this one didn't lose. Sesshomaru saved Kagome and then kept her within his embrace while walking over to his brother. "You should take more care of her, little brother. She's your way of life. If she dies so do you. I suggest you don't just stand there next time." He then set Kagome on her feet before walking away.

Inuyasha, angry that his plan hadn't worked, grabbed Kagome and took her to a different clearing and then let loose. He beat her so badly that she was barely alive when he finished. The only reason he didn't finish the job was because of Sesshomaru's threat to kill him if she dies.

When finished he went back to the demon and got the last Shikon shard. He brought it back to Kagome and told her that if she didn't finish the jewel for him right then and there he would kill her. Although, he knew he wouldn't for fear of his brother's wrath.

Kagome took the jewel into her hand. What Inuyasha didn't know was that now that she had the whole jewel she could purify it while she put it back together. She held the shard and the rest of the jewel in one hand and a bright light came from between her fingers as the jewel was being purified. When she was done she used what was left of her powers at the time to heal herself.

When she handed Inuyasha the jewel it burned his hand and he dropped it. "What the hell?" He said. He picked it up again but only for the same results. "You purified the damn thing, didn't you?" He yelled as he grabbed her while she was trying to run away. "Didn't you?" He yelled again. He hit her over and over. She had three bruises…one on her collarbone, one on her jaw on the right, and one on her left cheek. He dropped her and left her there. This was not nearly as bad as the last time and she was surprised.

She grabbed the jewel and went back to the clearing. All her friends were waking up and Inuyasha was nowhere in sight. She said good-bye to them all, crying the whole time. They asked about the bruises but she just told them it was the demon since they weren't awake to see the rest of what happened. One of the party didn't believe her after figuring out for herself that Inuyasha must have been the one beating her.

When she was done saying good-bye she left. She was sad since she was never to see her friends again.

When Sesshomaru saw the bruises as she came out of the well house he howled. The fury raging inside him could be compared to nothing. The moon was full and her skin looked porcelain while her bruises stood out in stark contrast. He was in a killing mood. So he went to hunt. Eyes red and bloodthirsty. He went to hunt.